12/15/25

Judges 14:9 NASB95 So he scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.

Today's Devotional comes from CH Spurgeon. When I found this I wanted to share it with you. How a Lion in the hands of a man filled with the power of the Spirit yet walking his own path was used by God to reveal the coming Gospel of Jesus and the filling of a believer with salvation.

"Three touches may suffice. First, the believer’s life has its conflicts; secondly, the believer’s life has its sweets; and, thirdly, the believer’s life leads him to communicate of those sweets to others."

"THE BELIEVER’S LIFE HAS ITS CONFLICTS. To become a Christian is to enlist for a soldier. To become a believer is to enter upon a pilgrimage, and the road is often rough: the hills are steep, the valleys are dark, giants block the way, and robbers lurk in corners. The man who reckons that he can glide into heaven without a struggle has made a great mistake."

"Samson was going to seek a wife, he turned aside into the vineyards of Timnath, and a lion roared upon him. Yes, and the young believer, who as yet has not wrestled with the powers of darkness, will not be long before he hears the roar of the lion, and finds himself in the presence of the great Adversary."

"THE BELIEVER’S LIFE HAS ITS SWEETS. We are not always killing lions, we are sometimes eating honey. Certain of us do both at a time; we kill lions and yet cease not to eat honey: and truly it has become so sweet a thing to enter into conflict for Christ’s sake, that it is a joy to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints."

"THE BELIEVER’S LIFE LEADS HIM TO COMMUNICATE OF THESE SWEETS. As soon as we have tasked the honey of forgiven sin and perceived the bliss that God has laid up for his people in Christ Jesus, we feel it to be both our duty and our privilege to communicate the good news to others. Here let my ideal statue stand in our midst: the strong man, conqueror of the lion, holding forth his hands full of honey to his parents. We are to be modelled according to this fashion."

"Now will I tell to sinners round,

What a dear Saviour I have found;

I’ll point to thy redeeming blood.

And say, ‘Behold the way to God!”

May "God make you all to be his witnesses in all the circles wherein you move."

Love Bro. Scott